Contemporary Black biography
Subtitle: profiles from the international Black community
Series: Gale virtual reference library
Publisher: Gale
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781414472720; 9781414471761
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Blacks; African American leadership; African American athletes; Black Athletes; African American artists; Black Artists; African American businesspeople; Black Businesspeople; African American politicians; African American religious leaders; African American authors; Black Authors; African American musicians; Black Musicians; African American actors; Black Actors
Description: Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, including architecture, art, business, dance, education, fashion, film, industry, journalism, law, literature, medicine, music, politics and government, publishing, religion, science and technology, social issues, sports, television, theater, and others.
Notes: "ISSN 1058-1316."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Vivian Aplin-Brownlee; title: Ashanti; title: Obie Benson; title: Yasiin Bey; title: Big Sean; title: Howard Bingham; title: Francois Bozize; title: Alvin Brown; title: Dan Burley; title: Nannie Helen Burroughs; title: Bill Burton; title: Debra Martin Chase; title: Tarzan Cooper; title: Steven Crump; title: Bob Douglas; title: Bill Duke; title: Johnny DuPree; title: Marshall Faulk; title: Peter Groff; title: Tamron Hall; title: Bob Herbert; title: Orlando Hernandez; title: Ice-T; title: Judith Jamison; title: Clark Johnson; title: John Henry Johnson; title: Tayari Jones; title: Juvenile; title: Mathew Knowles; title: Jake Lamar; title: Lyah Beth LeFlore; title: Leonidas; title: Mia Love; title: Pepper Miller; title: Joe Morgan; title: Pakalitha Mosisili; title: Cam Newton; title: Andy Palacio; title: Matthew J. Perr Jr.; title: Brock Peters; title: Neal Petersen; title: Della Reese; title: Dennis Rodman; title: Deion Sanders; title: Kelefa Sanneh; title: Santigold; title: Anderson Silva; title: Grady Sizemore; title: Bubba Smith; title: Lonzie Odie Taylor; title: Carla Thomas; title: Rufus Thomas; title: Sylvain White; title: Wiz Khalifa; title: Frank Yerby.